Publications – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

The impact of mobility network properties on predicted epidemic dynamics in Dhaka and Bangkok

Author(s): Brown TS, Engø-Monsen K, Kiang MV, Mahmud AS, Maude RJ, Buckee COJournal: medRxiv February 2021

Properties of city-level commuting networks are expected to influence epidemic potential of cities and modify the speed and spatial trajectory…

Megacities as drivers of national outbreaks: The 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Author(s): Mahmud AS, Kabir MI, Engø-Monsen K, Tahmina S, Riaz BK, Hossain MA, Khanom F, Rahman MM, Rahman MK, Sharmin M, Hossain DM, Yasmin S, Ahmed MM, Lusha MAF, Buckee COJournal: PLoS Negl Trop DisPMID: 33529229 February 2021

Several large outbreaks of chikungunya have been reported in the Indian Ocean region in the last decade. In 2017, an…

Socioeconomic status determines COVID-19 incidence and related mortality in Santiago, Chile.

Author(s): Mena G, Martinez PP, Mahmud AS, Marquet PA, Buckee CO, Santillana MJournal: medRxivPMID: 33469598 January 2021

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted dense urban populations particularly hard. Here, we provide an in-depth characterization…

Genomic and mobility data reveal mass population movement as a driver of SARS-CoV-2 dissemination and diversity in Bangladesh

Author(s): Cowley LA, Afrad MH, Rahman SIA, Mahfuz-Al-Mamun Md, Chin T, Mahmud AS, Rahman MZ, Billah MM, Khan MH, Sultana S, Khondaker T, Baker S, Banik N, Alam AN, Mannoor K, Banu S, Chowdhury A, Flora MS, Thomson N, Buckee C, Qadri F, Shirin TJournal: medRxiv January 2021

New data streams are being used to track the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, including genomic data which provides insights into patterns…

Quantifying the success of measles vaccination campaigns in the Rohingya refugee camps.

Author(s): Chin T, Buckee CO, Mahmud ASJournal: EpidemicsPMID: 31951876 January 2020

In the wake of the Rohingya population's mass migration from Myanmar, one of the world's largest refugee settlements was constructed…

Tube Well Use as Protection Against Rotavirus Infection During the Monsoons in an Urban Setting.

Author(s): Martinez PP, Mahmud AS, Yunus M, Faruque ASG, Ahmed T, Pascual M, Buckee COJournal: J Infect DisPMID: 31776559 November 2019

Rotavirus, a diarrheal pathogen spread via fecal-oral transmission, is typically characterized by a winter incidence peak in most countries. Unlike…

Rapid Forecasting of Cholera Risk in Mozambique: Translational Challenges and Opportunities.

Author(s): Kahn R, Mahmud AS, Schroeder A, Aguilar Ramirez LH, Crowley J, Chan J, Buckee COJournal: Prehosp Disaster MedPMID: 31477186 September 2019

Disasters, such as cyclones, create conditions that increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks. Epidemic forecasts can be valuable for…

On the role of different age groups during pertussis epidemics in California, 2010 and 2014.

Author(s): Mahmud AS, Lipsitch M, Goldstein EJournal: Epidemiol InfectPMID: 31063110 January 2019

There is limited information on the roles of different age groups in propagating pertussis outbreaks, and the temporal changes in…

Productive disruption: opportunities and challenges for innovation in infectious disease surveillance.

Author(s): Buckee CO, Cardenas MIE, Corpuz J, Ghosh A, Haque F, Karim J, Mahmud AS, Maude RJ, Mensah K, Motaze NV, Nabaggala M, Metcalf CJE, Mioramalala SA, Mubiru F, Peak CM, Pramanik S, Rakotondramanga JM, Remera E, Sinha I, Sovannaroth S, Tatem AJ, Zaw WJournal: BMJ Glob HealthPMID: 29527343 February 2018